Blog posts

Show your latest or hand-picked blog articles in the menu.

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Articles from your Shopify blog, each with its featured image and title. Use them to send shoppers to guides, lookbooks or news.

Add the block

Pick a layout

In the mega menu panel of the preview, click Add block. Click Blogs, hover over a layout and click Select: Latest Blog posts (newest articles from one blog) or Articles (only the articles you pick).

(1) Click Blogs, (2) pick Latest Blog posts or Articles.
Choose the content

For Latest Blog posts, click Select blog under Blog and set Number of articles. For Articles, click Select articles under Articles.

The Blog posts block in the preview, with its settings in Edit Item.
Save and publish

Adjust the settings below, then click Save and Publish.

Title / LinkDefault: Empty: Heading above the articles, for example “From the blog”, and where it links.
WidthDefault: 100%: How much of the mega menu row the block takes: Auto or 8.33% to 100%.
List viewDefault: Grid: Carousel, List or Grid.
Number of articlesDefault: 4: Latest Blog posts only: how many of the newest articles to show.
BlogDefault: None: Latest Blog posts only: the blog to take articles from.
ArticlesDefault: None: Articles only: the articles you pick.
Item(s) per rowDefault: 4: Grid and Carousel only: 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6.
Item viewDefault: Image above: Image above or Image left.
Image ratioDefault: Auto: Auto, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9 or 9:16.
VisibilityDefault: Off: Hide on desktop, Hide on mobile, Hide when logged in, Only show when logged in, Schedule publishing. See Settings every block has.

For a wide row of article cards, use Grid with Image above. For a narrow column, use List with Image left.
Articles are read live, so a Latest Blog posts block shows new posts on its own.

An article shows a grey placeholder

The article has no featured image. Add one to the article in Shopify admin.

An article I picked is missing

You deleted the article or changed its handle (URL). Open the block and pick it again. See Changes in Shopify admin don’t appear in the menu.

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